Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sampson Ryan, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Sampson Ryan registered to vote in Anderson County on July 27, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Sampson Ryan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sampson Ryan
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ryan in Anderson County
- James Ryanborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Joseph Ryanborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
Ryans elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 4 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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